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Paul A Tiffin1, Charlotte E W Kitchen1, Steven Weir2
1School for Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Queen's Campus, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 6BH, UK.
Background:
A prototype risk assessment suite (FACE-CARAS) was developed for use within CAMHS and evaluated for acceptability and reliability.
Method:
Clinicians underwent brief training in the system and invited 69 young people to an assessment using the FACE-CARAS. A second rater produced a separate set of blind ratings for most patients. Clinicians also provided qualitative feedback.
Results:
The component schedules of the FACE-CARAS could be reliably rated with 'near perfect' to 'moderate' agreement observed. Internal reliability consistency values, as indexed by Cronbach's alpha, were moderate to high in all cases.
Conclusions:
The assessment schedules that make up the FACE-CARAS can be reliably rated by clinicians with minimal training.
